O.J. Simpson on June 21, 1995, after putting on a pair of gloves similar to the infamous bloody glove during his double-murder trial in Los Angeles. / Vince Bucci, AP

by USA TODAY

by USA TODAY

On June 12, 1994, famed former running back O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death outside her home.

What followed was what many call the "trial of the century" - Simpson was charged with the murders and America watched every twist and turn of the televised, high-profile proceedings until the day he was acquitted on Oct. 3, 1995.

Two decades later, these images from the trial that became a national obsession still pack a punch.